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they work on consensus like nato. nato now has 26, 27 members. is a totally different thing. those are areas i am not so sure the security council of the un wouldn't be better off doing large things or have some variations. nato is always seeing significant cracks, afghanistan is not the only test, but quite frankly half of the soviet union imploded in 1989. we asked, nato members asked each other, asked the institution if there was still a requirement for nato because the soviet tanks were no longer a threat rolling across the boulder gap in germany so it could be -- why do we need it? i think what it is about is the next president should work with our friends and allies in trying to restructure some of these institutions to make the relevant to the twenty-first century, make the relevant to these new challenges, give you another example, foreign aid. bob gates's speaking kansas state, what bob gates was talking about was not just foreign aid, wasn't just talking about aid programs, sacks of sugar. what he was talking about, this is twenty-first century thinking, investment
they work on consensus like nato. nato now has 26, 27 members. is a totally different thing. those are areas i am not so sure the security council of the un wouldn't be better off doing large things or have some variations. nato is always seeing significant cracks, afghanistan is not the only test, but quite frankly half of the soviet union imploded in 1989. we asked, nato members asked each other, asked the institution if there was still a requirement for nato because the soviet tanks were no...
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military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to sanctions that are crippling the rate in economy it seems there's more ground for blackmail now than for diplomacy unfortunately i think that is the american hope that we can still force coerced out that's what the united states has been doing really since the end of the cold war we have focused on coercing outcomes by as flynt said projecting enormous amounts of conventional military force into the middle east to coerce political outcomes and we were you know before one thousand nine hundred one we were somewhat restrained in doing that because of the cold war if we put in too many million many troops we were afraid that some of you know the soviet union would so. in a sense that constrained us and foresee united states to really rely more on soft power more on having a narrative after the class of the soviet union the end of the cold war we i think left the left that out we put the you know under the table we focused entirely on trying to force political outcomes and what we've done in iraq and afghanistan has underscored the very
military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to sanctions that are crippling the rate in economy it seems there's more ground for blackmail now than for diplomacy unfortunately i think that is the american hope that we can still force coerced out that's what the united states has been doing really since the end of the cold war we have focused on coercing outcomes by as flynt said projecting enormous amounts of conventional military force into the middle east to coerce political outcomes...
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touched on by surrogate laughed it off in his address where he said that there was no real need for nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. thanks very much indeed for that update he's peeta all of our lives. it was the bloodiest battle in human history and a turning point in world war two seventy years ago the soviet union snatch victory in stalingrad defeating the nazi war machine ortiz tom bought and followed the commemoration. the great in modern day volgograd is to mark the end of that terrible battle seventy years ago with a parade by troops the laying of wreaths from various delegations and the assembled crowds here remembering all those people that died there as many as two million the top fashion this say there's also a little bit of control we see surrounding the name stalin graft the city is now called volgograd. but the city administration say that they want on certain special days to once again refer to it by its old name stalingrad which is a controversial decision given its connection to that co
touched on by surrogate laughed it off in his address where he said that there was no real need for nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. thanks very much indeed for that update he's peeta all of our lives. it was the bloodiest battle in human history and a turning point in world war two seventy years ago the soviet union snatch victory in stalingrad defeating the nazi war machine ortiz tom bought and followed the...
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part of their strategy of course has been a deployment of patriot missiles in turkey which is also a nato country on the border with syria the syrian government has been quite resolute in its campaign against these rebels over the last two years although the rebel organizations many of which are backed that the united states and other nato countries have caused a lot of the. disruption and dislocation inside of syria they have not shaken the result of the syrian government to maintain its position of authority inside the country so this is of course is another effort on the part of the backers of these rebels to further weaken and destabilize the government of damascus. has been a hint of a breakthrough in efforts to broker announced a serious conflict russia's foreign minister a man believed the opposition see where national coalition on the sidelines of a munich security conference both parties agree but as a mountain to climb before negotiations between rebels and the government can happen his peace on a has the details for us. this is the biggest security conference really in the worl
part of their strategy of course has been a deployment of patriot missiles in turkey which is also a nato country on the border with syria the syrian government has been quite resolute in its campaign against these rebels over the last two years although the rebel organizations many of which are backed that the united states and other nato countries have caused a lot of the. disruption and dislocation inside of syria they have not shaken the result of the syrian government to maintain its...
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control things in egypt now now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab spring for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone by along with the fear so has any sense of security and nation building and state building so really can anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who accused of being guilty author of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also you know openly said that nor can control anything in egypt are currently we can always check ati's our twitter feed for the latest on what's going on in cairo bill true report we saw just a bit earlier also posting her latest updates on her own page as well also a still to come of the program the one oddity alleged atrocities by the army in mali raises eyebrows of the u.n. casts a shadow on what some see as the french leaders crusade visit to the north african state. plus justification of terrorism while waging war on terror rushers a top diplomat hints that the inconsistency of the west's approach could be behind the d
control things in egypt now now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab spring for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone by along with the fear so has any sense of security and nation building and state building so really can anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who accused of being guilty author of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also you know openly said...
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control things in egypt now now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab sting for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone but along with the fear so has any sense of security and nation building and state building so really anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who accused of being guilty off of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also you know openly said that normal can control anything in egypt our current me you can always check out his twitter feed for the latest on what is going on in cairo and belled true who's report we saw a little earlier she's also posting her own updates. and still to come on the program this hour alleged atrocities by the army in mali raise eyebrows at the u.n. and cast a shadow of what some see as the french leaders crusade visit to the north african states. the justification of terrorism while waging war on terror russia's top diplomat hints that the inconsistency of the west's approach could be behind the deadlock in syria's
control things in egypt now now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab sting for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone but along with the fear so has any sense of security and nation building and state building so really anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who accused of being guilty off of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also you know openly said that...
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had been touched on bicycle for all of in his address where he said that there was no real need for nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. the impactor patty from university of roehampton think syria's rebels have turned to diplomacy because they're exhausted from fighting assad's forces the rebel coalition is deeply divided within itself and it has tried very hard. to. dictate its own terms with the supposed of the united states and the syrian opposition coalition is insistent on not having talks with the russians but it has reached a point where it is tired frustrated and knows that it is very difficult to dislodge the assad regime it is something of a diplomatic victory in my view for the russians who have been at least publicly consistently. pressing for docs and so far the russian the russian requests for. diplomacy have been rebuffed. human rights activists having he's the french back in mali an army of committing revenge attacks extrajudicial killings and torture the u.n. then he genocide envoy said he
had been touched on bicycle for all of in his address where he said that there was no real need for nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. the impactor patty from university of roehampton think syria's rebels have turned to diplomacy because they're exhausted from fighting assad's forces the rebel coalition is deeply divided within itself and it has tried very hard. to. dictate its own terms with the supposed of the...
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can control things in egypt now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab sting for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone by along with the fear so has any sense of security and nation building and state building so really can anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who were accused of being guilty author of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also you know openly said that more can control anything in egypt are currently so about true his report were heard early days following developments in egypt for us and a dating on and updating you on the latest twitter feed check out holds going on in cairo right now at about tree. orton's attempts to corner iran with sanctions against his oil industry may have been undermined by the u.s. itself the band of an admitted it kind of verify way exactly the u.s. better a billion dollars worth of fuel for its operations in afghanistan and listen to all he's going to check on our reports. the u.s. gives money to the afghan go
can control things in egypt now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab sting for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone by along with the fear so has any sense of security and nation building and state building so really can anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who were accused of being guilty author of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also you know openly...
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control things in egypt now now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab sting for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone but along with the fear so is any sense of security and nation building and state building so really can anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who accused of being guilty author of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also you know openly said that nor can control anything in egypt are currently. well you can always check out our visa twitter feed for the latest on what's going on in cairo and also there you'll find updates from bell true of course the reporter we heard just a few moments ago. that washington's attempts to corner iran with sanctions against oil industry may have been undermined by the u.s. itself the pentagon has admitted that it cannot verify where exactly the u.s. purchased over a billion dollars worth of fuel for its operations in afghanistan in recent years and this report to ati's got a chicken. the u.s. gives money t
control things in egypt now now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab sting for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone but along with the fear so is any sense of security and nation building and state building so really can anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who accused of being guilty author of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also you know openly said...
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can control things in egypt now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab sting for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone by along with the fear so has any sense of security and nation building and state building so really anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who accused of being guilty author of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also openly said that nor can control anything in egypt are currently. well we've managed to pick up the connection with reporter bill true who's standing by in cairo now joining us live here on our team to give us some more details on what is certainly a very fluid situation but it's good to see you so quickly just how bad is the violence become in central cairo only overnight so far bring us up to date if you were. battles raging here at the presidential palace and in the capital. really very fierce battles continue between protesters and security forces i personally witnessed a lot of police brutality there's been a criticism
can control things in egypt now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab sting for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone by along with the fear so has any sense of security and nation building and state building so really anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who accused of being guilty author of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also openly said that nor can...
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can control things in egypt now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab sting for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone by along with the fear so has any sense of security and nation building and state building so really can anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who accused of being guilty author of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also you know really said that normal can control anything in egypt are currently. i was going to look up the connection with reporter bill true who's standing by in cairo now joining us live here on c.n.n. give us some more details on what is so ugly a very fluid situation but it's good to see you so quickly just how bad is the violence become central cairo only overnight so far bring us up to date if you would. battles raging here at the presidential palace and in the capital. really very fierce battles continue between protesters and security forces i personally witnessed a lot of police brutality there's been a criticism
can control things in egypt now a popular slogan of the arab spring which i call the arab sting for nato has been the fear has gone but perhaps the fear has gone by along with the fear so has any sense of security and nation building and state building so really can anyone control what's going on and this is this is rooted partly as well because of the trial against those who accused of being guilty author of the deaths at the football match so really it's also it's also you know really said...
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nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. reports of extra judicial killings by the modern army of escalated all the way to the un the blocks and the genocide envoy says he's deeply concerned the claims by activists that the army which is knowledgably backed by french troops is committing ethnic reprisal attacks and other atrocities when it comes as force on hand is on a visit to the north african country where his forces are fighting islamic radicals while there the french president announced the mission won't be long and will wrap up in several weeks after which paris will weep the rewards according to you for those maji from the council who development of social science research in africa. what this intervention does is strengthen the arm of a group of junior officers who took control of the state and who are just simply. i mean the reports we get from mali from bamako is holies troops just simply control everything and not interested in any kind of development they're only interested in acquiring wealth f
nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. reports of extra judicial killings by the modern army of escalated all the way to the un the blocks and the genocide envoy says he's deeply concerned the claims by activists that the army which is knowledgably backed by french troops is committing ethnic reprisal attacks and other atrocities when it comes as force on hand is on a visit to the north african country where his...
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nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. let's get more on the conference and what it bodes for peace efforts with deepak capacity he's on a research fellow at the university of roe hanta now in your opinion what made the rebel coalition want to talk to moscow after all this time why now i think the rebel coalition is deeply divided within itself and it has tried very hard. to regain its own terms with support of the united states but it has reached a point where it is tired frustrated and knows that it is very difficult to dislodge the assad regime is it significant that moscow is actually talking to the rebel coalition bearing in mind its perceived stance towards the assad regime. it is something of a diplomatic victory in my view or the russians who have been at least publicly consistently. pressing for docs and so far the russian the russian requests for. diplomacy have been rebuffed largely and the syrian opposition coalition has insisted on not having talks with the russians but that the docs have to c
nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. let's get more on the conference and what it bodes for peace efforts with deepak capacity he's on a research fellow at the university of roe hanta now in your opinion what made the rebel coalition want to talk to moscow after all this time why now i think the rebel coalition is deeply divided within itself and it has tried very hard. to regain its own terms with support of the...
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touched on by surrogate laughed it off in his address where he said that there was no real need for nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. the back from university of roehampton thinks the syrian opposition has turned to diplomacy because it's been exhausted from fighting assad's forces. the rebel coalition is deeply divided within itself and it has tried very hard. to. dictate its own terms with the supposed of the united states and the syrian opposition coalition is insistent on not having talks with the russians but it has reached a point where it is frustrated and knows that it is very difficult to dislodge the assad regime it is something of a diplomatic victory in my view for the russians who have been at least publicly consistently. pressing for docs and so far the russian the russian requests for. diplomacy have been rebuffed. human rights activists have accused the french back in mali an army of committing reprisal attacks extrajudicial killings and torture the outcries reached the un with insanity g
touched on by surrogate laughed it off in his address where he said that there was no real need for nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. the back from university of roehampton thinks the syrian opposition has turned to diplomacy because it's been exhausted from fighting assad's forces. the rebel coalition is deeply divided within itself and it has tried very hard. to. dictate its own terms with the supposed of the...
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nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion here back from university of roehampton thinks the syrian opposition has turned to diplomacy because it's been exhausted from fighting assad's forces. the rebel coalition is deeply divided within itself and it has tried very hard. to. dictate its own terms with the support of the united states and the syrian opposition coalition is insistent on not having talks with the russians but it has reached a point where it is frustrated and knows that it is very difficult to dislodge the assad regime it is something of a diplomatic victory in my view for the russians who have been at least publicly consistently. pressing for docs and so far the russian the russian requests for a diplomacy have been rebuffed. human rights activists have accused the french back in mali an army of committing reprisal attacks extrajudicial killings and torture the outcries reached the un with insanity genocide envoy saying he was deeply disturbed by the findings meanwhile france's presence on a vis
nato to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion here back from university of roehampton thinks the syrian opposition has turned to diplomacy because it's been exhausted from fighting assad's forces. the rebel coalition is deeply divided within itself and it has tried very hard. to. dictate its own terms with the support of the united states and the syrian opposition coalition is insistent on not having talks with the russians...
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military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to sanctions that are crippling the arabian economy it seems there's more ground for blackmail now than for diplomacy unfortunately i think that is the american hope that we can still force course out cause that's what the united states has been doing really since the end of the cold war we have focused on coercing outcomes by as flynt said projecting enormous amounts of conventional military force into the middle east to course political outcomes and we were you know before one thousand nine hundred one we were somewhat restrained in doing that because of the cold war if we put in too many million many troops we were afraid that some. you know the soviet union would so in a sense that constrained us and force united states to really rely more on soft power more on having a narrative after the class of the soviet union the end of the cold war we i think left that left that out we put that under the table we focused entirely on trying to force political outcomes and what we've done in iraq and afghanistan has underscored the very import
military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to sanctions that are crippling the arabian economy it seems there's more ground for blackmail now than for diplomacy unfortunately i think that is the american hope that we can still force course out cause that's what the united states has been doing really since the end of the cold war we have focused on coercing outcomes by as flynt said projecting enormous amounts of conventional military force into the middle east to course political...
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the imf and the world bank and nato are also still essential. but all of our institutions and our relationships need to be modernized and complemented by new institutions, relationships and partnerships that are tailored for new challenges and models to the needs of a variable landscape. like how we elevated the chi 20 during the financial crisis, or created the climate and clean air coalition out of the state department to fight short lived pollutants like black carbon or worked with partners like turkey where the two of us stood up the first global counterterrorism forum. we are also working more than ever with invigorated regional organizations. consider the african union in somalia and the arab league and libya. even subregion of groups like the lower mekong initiative that we created to help reintegrate burma into its neighborhoods and try to work across national boundaries on issues like whether dams should or should not be built. we are also of course thinking about old-fashioned shoe leather diplomacy in a new way. i have found and i've
the imf and the world bank and nato are also still essential. but all of our institutions and our relationships need to be modernized and complemented by new institutions, relationships and partnerships that are tailored for new challenges and models to the needs of a variable landscape. like how we elevated the chi 20 during the financial crisis, or created the climate and clean air coalition out of the state department to fight short lived pollutants like black carbon or worked with partners...
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and i would be quick to add the u.n., the imf and the world bank and nato are also still essential. but all of our institutions and our relationships need to be modernized, and complemented by new institutions, relationships and partnerships that are tailored for new challenges and modeled to the needs of a variable landscape. like how we elevated the g20 during the financial crisis or created the climate and clean air coalition out of the state department to fight short-lived pollutants like black carbon or work with partners like turkey, where the two listed up the first global counterterrorism form. we are also working more than ever with invigorated regional organizations. consider the african union in somalia and the arab league in libya, even subregional groups like the lower mekong initiative that we created to help reintegrate verma into its neighborhood and to try to work across national boundaries on issues like whether dams should or should not be built. we are also of course thinking about old-fashioned shoe leather diplomacy and a new way. i have found it and i've said
and i would be quick to add the u.n., the imf and the world bank and nato are also still essential. but all of our institutions and our relationships need to be modernized, and complemented by new institutions, relationships and partnerships that are tailored for new challenges and modeled to the needs of a variable landscape. like how we elevated the g20 during the financial crisis or created the climate and clean air coalition out of the state department to fight short-lived pollutants like...
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continue this rebalancing even as we continue to work closely, closely with our longtime allies of nato and our friends and with allies and partners and friends in other regions of the world. at the same time we'll continue to focus on challenges in the middle east and north africa where we have clear national interests. rather as a recognition that the united states has been and always will be a pacific power. in the asia pacific area is increasingly vital to america's security and economic interests. that's why we must become even more engaged in the region over the incoming years. during all of this and much more will require smart and strategic budget decisions. i have made it clear i'm sure leon panetta and the concerns of the impact just ration will have on our armed forces. as someone who has run businesses, i know that the uncertainty and turbulence of the current budget climate makes it much more difficult to manage the pentagon's resources and our national security. if confirmed i'm committed to effectively and efficiently using every single taxpayers' dollars the right way, t
continue this rebalancing even as we continue to work closely, closely with our longtime allies of nato and our friends and with allies and partners and friends in other regions of the world. at the same time we'll continue to focus on challenges in the middle east and north africa where we have clear national interests. rather as a recognition that the united states has been and always will be a pacific power. in the asia pacific area is increasingly vital to america's security and economic...
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assessment let's remember those violent pictures of him being brutally murdered after eight months of nato intervention let's take also this of temper attack on the u.s. embassy in benghazi that was a top rebel stronghold it left four top american officials dead including the ambassador and raise questions that hillary is still in fact answering about about the handling of the situation post gadhafi that obama says we are not going to be able to control every aspect of every to. transition and transformation sometimes they're going to go sideways so a little bit of taking credit for what he sees as plus is saying well we can't control everything when he's answering to criticism now both obama and clinton admit that the conflict in syria should be handled carefully perhaps because of what we saw in libya the aftermath i should say in libya well the president has written clearly whether or not intervention would help resolve the crisis there. let's get more analysis now from my age are times correspondent pepper escobar who's on line with us in line with us from brazil. obama called libya a
assessment let's remember those violent pictures of him being brutally murdered after eight months of nato intervention let's take also this of temper attack on the u.s. embassy in benghazi that was a top rebel stronghold it left four top american officials dead including the ambassador and raise questions that hillary is still in fact answering about about the handling of the situation post gadhafi that obama says we are not going to be able to control every aspect of every to. transition and...
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continue this rebalancing even as we continue to work closely, closely with our longtime allies of nato and our friends and with allies and partners and friends in other regions of the world. at the same time we'll continue to focus on challenges in the middle east and north africa where we have clear national interests. rather as a recognition that the united states has been and always will be a pacific power. in the asia pacific area is increasingly vital to america's security and economic interests. that's why we must become even more engaged in the region over the incoming years. during all of this and much more will require smart and strategic budget decisions. i have made it clear i'm sure leon panetta and the concerns of the impact just ration will have on our armed forces. as someone who has run businesses, i know that the uncertainty and turbulence of the current budget climate makes it much more difficult to manage the pentagon's resources and our national security. if confirmed i'm committed to effectively and efficiently using every single taxpayers' dollars the right way, t
continue this rebalancing even as we continue to work closely, closely with our longtime allies of nato and our friends and with allies and partners and friends in other regions of the world. at the same time we'll continue to focus on challenges in the middle east and north africa where we have clear national interests. rather as a recognition that the united states has been and always will be a pacific power. in the asia pacific area is increasingly vital to america's security and economic...
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., the world bank and nato, that benefited peoples and nation around the world but it is undeniable that a handful of major powers did end up controlling those institutions, setting norms and shaping international affairs. now, two decades after the end of the cold war, we face a different world. more countries than ever have a voice in global debates. we see more paths to power opening up as nations gain influence through the strength of their economies rather than their militaries and political and technological changes are empowering non-state actors like activists, corporations and terrorist networks. at the same time, we face challenges from financial contagion to climate change to human and wildlife trafficking that's still across borders and defy unilateral solutions. has said, thebama old post-war architecture is crumbling under the weight of new threats, so the geometry of global power has become more distributed and diffuse as the challenges we face have become more complex and cross-cutting. so the question we ask ourselves every day is what does this mean for america? and the
., the world bank and nato, that benefited peoples and nation around the world but it is undeniable that a handful of major powers did end up controlling those institutions, setting norms and shaping international affairs. now, two decades after the end of the cold war, we face a different world. more countries than ever have a voice in global debates. we see more paths to power opening up as nations gain influence through the strength of their economies rather than their militaries and...
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., nato allies. i think it's possible rationalist explanation that the coziness of a venture of having comprehensive strategy to tackle all of their hands -- militancy in those tribal areas and the rest of the country. it comes to money, manpower and material and i outweigh the costs over the last 10 years in the chapter. because of these cars since 2007 they shaped the anticipation of future costs and fears about future might hold should they go whole hog into fata in future operations. it's worth paying attention to it pakistan says the pakistan military state leaders say about the cost they weren't. we are tuned to this. it is striking when there's new reports say they have lost about two brigades of manpower from their military and the operational equivalent of two divisions, which is dramatic. this is based on estimations of the retreating costs, time, material costs. but that was pretty significant. for a military that has a hostel at eastern border, this is not a significant cost or send a tal
., nato allies. i think it's possible rationalist explanation that the coziness of a venture of having comprehensive strategy to tackle all of their hands -- militancy in those tribal areas and the rest of the country. it comes to money, manpower and material and i outweigh the costs over the last 10 years in the chapter. because of these cars since 2007 they shaped the anticipation of future costs and fears about future might hold should they go whole hog into fata in future operations. it's...
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continue this rebalancing even as we continue to work closely, closely with our longtime allies of nato and our friends and with allies and partners and friends in other regions of the world. at the same time we'll continue to focus on challenges in the middle east and north africa where we have clear national interests. rather as a recognition that the united states has been and always will be a pacific power. in the asia pacific area is increasingly vital to america's security and economic interests. that's why we must become even more engaged in the region over the incoming years. during all of this and much more will require smart and strategic budget decisions. i have made it clear i'm sure leon panetta and the concerns of the impact just ration will have on our armed forces. as someone who has run businesses, i know that the uncertainty and turbulence of the current budget climate makes it much more difficult to manage the pentagon's resources and our national security. if confirmed i'm committed to effectively and efficiently using every single taxpayers' dollars the right way, t
continue this rebalancing even as we continue to work closely, closely with our longtime allies of nato and our friends and with allies and partners and friends in other regions of the world. at the same time we'll continue to focus on challenges in the middle east and north africa where we have clear national interests. rather as a recognition that the united states has been and always will be a pacific power. in the asia pacific area is increasingly vital to america's security and economic...
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/nato forces in afghanistan or not, do they take direction from mullah omar or not? and a very interesting way of capturing the topology of the different taliban groups. to brian's right is ken ballen who's one of the leading pollsters in the muslim world. he helped us with a poll, the first poll that really looked at the political, sensitive political questions in the federally-administered tribal regions. obviously, polling is pretty tricky for all sorts of obvious reasons. we had a very good partner on the ground called camp. ken helped us really think about how to make this poll a truly scientific poll. he will explain some of the findings of that poll. he'll also, he's written a book "terrorists in love," which is a almost anthropological account of jihadis and why they join certain groups, and he'll also talk a little bit about what he learned about mullah omar in the process of writing that book. to the right of ken ballen is colonel tomlin. who served on admiral mullen's staff. he has written, i think, an absolutely fascinating chapter essentially on the stra
/nato forces in afghanistan or not, do they take direction from mullah omar or not? and a very interesting way of capturing the topology of the different taliban groups. to brian's right is ken ballen who's one of the leading pollsters in the muslim world. he helped us with a poll, the first poll that really looked at the political, sensitive political questions in the federally-administered tribal regions. obviously, polling is pretty tricky for all sorts of obvious reasons. we had a very good...
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the un and world bank and nato are still essentials. all of our institutions and relationships check need to be modernized and complemented by new institutions and partnerships that are tailored for new challenges and model to the needs of a variable landscape. like how we elevated the g-20 during the financial crisis or created the climate and clean air coalition to fight short live pollutants like black carbon. or work with parties where we stood up the first global terrorism forum. we are working with organizations. consider the arab league in libya. even the lower mekong initiative that we created to help reintegrate burma into its neighborhood and try to work across national boundaries on whether dams should or should not be billult. ilt. world, people want to actually show up. a secretary state might have been able to focus on small number of capitals, shuttling between the major powers, today we must take a broader view. people say all the time. "i look at your travel schedule. why togo?" togo holds a rotating seat on the securit
the un and world bank and nato are still essentials. all of our institutions and relationships check need to be modernized and complemented by new institutions and partnerships that are tailored for new challenges and model to the needs of a variable landscape. like how we elevated the g-20 during the financial crisis or created the climate and clean air coalition to fight short live pollutants like black carbon. or work with parties where we stood up the first global terrorism forum. we are...
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nato expansion. all of the things we now take for granted were not initiatives of the clinton administration, they were initiatives of members of congress here on capitol hill who changed the world in a very meaningful way. and that is still an opportunity if only we recognize that it's something that we need to care about. sorry for my little speech, but you have two former capitol hill staffers here, so -- >> hi -- [inaudible] general question, how do we know when we've won? like with regard to the kind of counterterrorism, "zero dark thirty" movement. is there, like, a metric? how is -- does there -- >> repeat the question. the question is how do we know when we've won? >> don't worry about it. [laughter] we're in no danger of winning anytime soon. [laughter] this is, this has become a shib list because -- it's a fair question, obviously, what's your measure for success and how do we know when we've p stopped or when we can p sop. when we can stop. but we are so far away from that now, and we're f
nato expansion. all of the things we now take for granted were not initiatives of the clinton administration, they were initiatives of members of congress here on capitol hill who changed the world in a very meaningful way. and that is still an opportunity if only we recognize that it's something that we need to care about. sorry for my little speech, but you have two former capitol hill staffers here, so -- >> hi -- [inaudible] general question, how do we know when we've won? like with...
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she's been one of the driving forces behind nato's no-fly zone over libya in order to prevent qadhafi from massacring his own people. and through deft diplomacy, she has slowly opened burma to the outside world. she's encouraging them to free political prisoners, hold parliamentary elections and finally permit foreign investment. and it's happening before our eyes. and, of course, she has taken special interest in the poorest nation in the western hemisphe hemisphere, an island nation right off of the east coast of the united states, less than an hour and a half flight time from miami. that's the island of haiti. the island nation of haiti on what is an island that christopher columbus was expected to have been the island that he landed, hispaniola now encompassing haiti and the dominican republic. and she has made haiti one of the top foreign policy projects, helping the impoverished island build back better after the devastating earthquake that killed over a quarter million people. in no small measure has her husband -- president clinton -- been a part of that attempt at restoration
she's been one of the driving forces behind nato's no-fly zone over libya in order to prevent qadhafi from massacring his own people. and through deft diplomacy, she has slowly opened burma to the outside world. she's encouraging them to free political prisoners, hold parliamentary elections and finally permit foreign investment. and it's happening before our eyes. and, of course, she has taken special interest in the poorest nation in the western hemisphe hemisphere, an island nation right off...
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continue this rebalancing even as we it continue to work closely, closely with our lo longtime allies of nato and our friends and with allies and p t partners and friends in other regions of the world. at the same time we will continue to focus on challenges in the middle east and north africa where we have clear national interests. rather as recognition the united states has been and always will be a pacific power. in the asian pacific power it is increasingly vital to america's security and economic interests. that's why we must become even more engage d in the region ove the incoming years. doing all this and much more will require smart and strategic budget decisions. i have made it clear i share leon panetta's and our service chief's serious concerns about the impact sequestration would have on our armed forces. and as someone who has run businesses, i know that the uncertainty and turbulence of the current budget climate makes it much more difficult to manage the pentagon's resources and our national security. if confirmed, i'm committed to effectively and efficiently using every single
continue this rebalancing even as we it continue to work closely, closely with our lo longtime allies of nato and our friends and with allies and p t partners and friends in other regions of the world. at the same time we will continue to focus on challenges in the middle east and north africa where we have clear national interests. rather as recognition the united states has been and always will be a pacific power. in the asian pacific power it is increasingly vital to america's security and...
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the president moved and decided he was going to become engaged to nato in ways that met our interests at the time it got the job done. i thought it was smart. the way he approached that was very effective and the results were exactly what we wanted to cheat. -- achieve. we could tell if we did this -- results were exactly what we wanted to achieve. we recommended no-fly. those things were put into place. i think the american people approved of the way that was handled. we had just come out of iraq. the aftermath of all of these places, we need to spend some time on this. there is a monumental transformation taking place. this is the biggest upheaval of the bill that part of the world -- in that part of the world since the ottoman empire. many of the country's -- countries lines were drawn in relatively arbitrary ways. people were put in places of power. it is a highly sectarian, divided, tribal part of the world. i am not sure every policy has always been as sensitive or thoughtful about that as it ought to be. >> i want to clarify. on my state about libya, i was -- statement about li
the president moved and decided he was going to become engaged to nato in ways that met our interests at the time it got the job done. i thought it was smart. the way he approached that was very effective and the results were exactly what we wanted to cheat. -- achieve. we could tell if we did this -- results were exactly what we wanted to achieve. we recommended no-fly. those things were put into place. i think the american people approved of the way that was handled. we had just come out of...